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E STILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1876. 1? Mr -.?, u ™. er and said: “Joe, I am eoino httI ° fa,B i8 0TCr - and Aant ,? are of my liquor case till I CuJfk't °?. or f 1D8l y. to sailed for ^. ut tbe llttIe fu88 not turning out exactly as he expected, he neyer returned. l.tL 1 ? 6 ^ ar 'T as 0Ter ' Mr - Turner emi grated to Georgia with his son, who was also named Joseph. The cheBt of bottles has been handed down from father to son owne* eached tho hands °f present “liars U<|l BiPPli li. I hip ne in Aldine.] wavelets rippling by, - and murmurous rise !■ ,! with dreamy eyes, i parted lips— ,• current slips, i sunlight and eclipse. ran juil forest broods heart to-day; - rtic r inmost moods winds that stray 1 the branches tall; .,vi,*ts rise and fall, j)cace claspeth all— our to breathe my love, scene to hear my vows ; vciis are fain above, . :i ,i birds throng the boughs ; lanished, softened, she ia nctf. may thrill with me rite Blend, I said, “behold the trees g to the breeze’s kiss; fo tbe tender breeze g back its .-toleu kiss ; “very wavelets rolled .. of green and gold, • murmurs manifold! ,.^li t| 1L . summer earth seems ripe \\ • tiiought that subtly runs . . th, and dear as life, i-• tut s Hash to the Sun’s; A]| below, and all above, . .. heaven, and wooing dove, [lints of love, love, only love 1'* If o Fiftv-fonr c Blaci 'ombs Affairs in Georgia. leuiory recollects herself with any- her usual vigor, Hon. Potty, to- ijv is tLe day upon which you promised to tarn vuur tine intellect to the discussion of amotion to adjourn sine die. We mention i: here, Hou. Potty, tor fear that, in the consideration of weightier matters, such as changing county lines and correcting the glaring errorr of au effete Code, your pa triotism might prompt you to forget to pro* pose an adjournment. The Lighter of the Geneva Lamp, Mr. Joseph L. Dennis, has begun the publica- i novel, “What?” According to tte title, it is “in two parts—part good and •,art not.’’ Tho first installment leaves both the reader and the hero in suspense, the latter vainly e ndeavoring to make an impression on a modern parlor chair. -rks in the Georgia Legisla- ivV the word! shear correspondent — Yonr it the prominent citizens of y employed General Toombs ii ation speech in order to re is not a new one, but it is -u.spect such a thiDg. Gen- i • arnestly iu favor of a con ation, but his recent speech was made at &most inopportune and under circum- tuoces exceedingly unfavorable. A young man from Forsyth, who was in- •. a to a leap year party in Macon, by some means got into the wrong yard. Now the wroDg yarJ in Macon always contains a two-story bull-dog, as the Forsyth chap ?ry quickly discovered. It was too late, wevi-r, to correct his mistake—nor was Itereroom for him t'» get back to the gate. Consequently he made a lunge for the gar den. It is supposed he escaped, as an en ure grape arbor is demolished and four panels of picket fence erased. We never aid think there was any fun in attending kap year parties. Three organ-grinders, a prize candy man ud eleven hundred and thirty-six john- th 'tnas cats give tone to Atlanta society. The present General Assembly of Georgia Sd with a promise of “ Retrenchment 1 Etonomy! Reform!” and nobly have they redeemed that promise. The fees of thir teen bloated millionaires,known as Solicitors General, have been reduced. Hon. Potty, *e congratulate you. Stewart county boasts of a man and wife 'ho have been married lifty-eight years. They have ten children, and have never yet seen them all at the same time. The farmers of Stewart county have be- Augusta Constitutionalist: Mr. Walter M of this city, sou of our diatim guished fellow-citizen, Major George T. Jackson, has received letters patent confirm- rng his exclusive right to make, use and vend throughout the United States and ter- J?™. 8 ^ereof, an invention which claims to be for the improvement in grist and grain KtS? ra + t0r + 8 *i T alue of this invention has been tested for about one year at the mills T. Jackson & Co., which are un- der the direct personal superintendence of the talented young man, who has displayed a remarkable facultv of de veloping practical results in the line of his business. By young Jackson’s patented de vice any quantity of grits can be turned out, from th« popular “pearl” to the coarse sample The pearl grits of the Grajiite .Mills, however, have a decided advantage over the Western article of that name, viz.: a combination of nutriment with beauty. I^derstand that the drying processes of the West extract from tbe hominy much of its vitality, whereby nourishing principles are sacrificed for mere external appearance By Mr. Jackson’s machine, the fine exterioi of the grain is preserved, and there is no loss of vital substances. BY TUMPD THE MORNING NEWS. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Proceedings of the General Assembly. THE STATE LOTTERY BLOTTED OUT. plant cum. ae ago, spit the bullet out the ug up its redeemed cur- A Lumpkin negro who was shot in the oe&d some time other day. Forsyth is burninj dre ' Sarah \\. Pye, vvifo of Benier Pye, of Forsyth, is dead. - v ra * us have occurred in the western portion of tho State. bumpkin had a jail delivery the other Montice cello B inner says: “In its , . ! ' i ' ave tbr State the paltry sum by the last General •- . o the State Board of Health, the Proetitbody nas only cost $3,000, or double Junt. This is certainly wise and eco nomical ipfrislQ tir.r» U "qsisiauon.” 8i ’ —(New York) :ieid au tliority, by the way—has L these c mnns attention has been 0Uce directed to tho carelessness / many newspapers. If , as betu a diminution it is small, and • ■•= continue to tolerate in many of °ur lei ° r from • ir readers are not •*ch lorm a substantial * - u t progress and tend to lower ■'“malum r. : is very gratifying to occa- - newspaper whoso opposite course. It is • ty o, that none which are thus ' ed *ith care m gnccess The - ver seem to be wanting of these. V v vn.nah Morning News ®»ke it news and editorial de- ' i models; careful reading • imuce of disfiguring -nt press-work helps to ; '-ome to eubecribers. A a finished specimen of printed in the adver- up” with as much in^ RVe * >een frad they ap- diief ' V TDa! ma king illustrations its *c*inre. ’ , ^rton Gazetn. nv r lines are hard and have Kars, indeed ever since the and excel always welc lm ber was The bloc «te ls K f ’ I ’ t “ brou gbt > for many i - , v,ux Cl ^oniv win taeaL ' !1( :; ?, but industry and ®rcmi as well as what can be !^ B 'tances C0I1 l mantl the time3 by dint or i 1 1IJ , st5luce of w b'*r and prudent i yd Thompson, a K-: .. , riatwoods. Tlir AA ’ 40yd •and, t u. 'UQght ' .'.'T UM - Three years ago P-jKomis;^ . -mudred acres of poor v'j K' Q he bn ",' y and interest for bttieco ^'thmg but one old mule ' - V the place is paid for, aw/fcnt. °d house, aud dou’t ; *t, oat' V.r d * he d0 il '• He raised l '-‘i w T i. aad above aud ot bor grain for v, u h thi 8 f•,n? U0U ”h to run his farm, Sl°fCje£ nd J j ,,ud ; he current ex! ILi cotton—five or six e UmiMany ii and Was applied to P ■ sfcr 1110 n could follow his off^ton 3/,„. . i! r . ; Mr - w - w - Turner, “*8 over s Florida Affairs. Some of the newspapers are insinuating that the only incentive Fred. Dockray had for escaping from Spain was to return to this country and pay the Freedman’s Bank what he owed. If this is true, we are not sorry that Freddy escaped. If wo understand the editor of the Quincy Journal aright, he has invented a machine which enables any one who can read to parse in succession every rule in syntax in Eng lish, Latin and Greek. This wonderful machine is called a Grammaticon. Jacksonville is the proud possessor of Key West turtle weighing 427 pounds. We rejoice to know that the button weed in Florida will produce a species of hemp superior to ramie. The scoundrels in that State can thus be gotten rid of at small ex pense. The young men of Key West saturate large sponge with kerosene, ignite it, and then amuse themselves by using it as a foot ball. The crop of drum fish at St. Augustine is unusually large this season. The Tampa Guardian is of the opinion that the Gulf counties have shipped more oranges this season thau any other part of the State. Tampa, Manatee, Clear Water Harbor and ToinWlenaHis have shipped im mense quantities to New York, Savannah and other ports. Col. Perry, of the Cedar Keys Journal, says that he has found twenty varieties of wild grapes growing upon the banks of the Caloosahatchee, and that there is no connec tion between that river and Lake Okeecho bee. Stoarns is mighty quiet now-a-days. He is undoubtedly brooding over the refusal of John Tyler, Jr., to accept office under his administration—and who wouldn’t feel hurt? Four hunters in the neighborhood of St. Augustine killed twenty-two deer iu one week recently. Where is Bergh ? A pigeon-match came off at St. Augustine the other day. Jacksonville is not improving m morals since Colonel Moody delivered his oration in that city. Only the other day tb % e body of a white infant, much mutilated, was found stuffed in a hollow log. A twenty pound trout, which was in the act of swallowing a shad, was captured by Captain Smith, of Faiatka, recently. Austin McGriff, a colored preacher, com mitted suicide near Quincy the other day. Ho tied his handkerchief arouud his neck, secured it to a ^ree on tho side of a very steep hill and slipped away from all the troubles of this earth. Mr. J. Ira Gore, of the Cedar Key Jour nal, goes so far as to defend himself against the attacks of the Fernandina Observer. J. Ira has got a good deal to learn, evidently. There is no longer any doubt that there is a movement among the Florida Republicans looking to the nomination of Rev. John Tyler, Jr., for Governor; and this movement is much more formidable than the Stearns clique care to admit. The gay gamfioliers have abandoned Jack sonville to her fate. Marianna has a genuine case of miscege nation. Old Gil. Haven ought to know of this. An effort is making to open a new route to Halifax river. The Journal has been informed that Bishop, the great row-boat traveler, is on his way to Cedar Keys, and thonce to Jack sonville, by the way of the Withlacoochee and St. John’s rivers. A negro was caught in tho belting of saw-mill near Jacksonville tho other day and literally torn to pieces. The Pensacola Gazette, of the 10th inst., says that venison is unusually plentiful this season, and in unusually good condition. A few days ago a boat came to Talafox wharf laden with thirteen carcasses of deer, still wearing their hides and horns, and all killed by two men in two days’ hunting on Rocky Bayou, Choctawhatchie. A ton of venison is worth something. Mrs. Wright, wife of John R. Wright, Esq., a Cincinnati banker, was accidentally shot by the premature explosion of a cartridge in a gun which a young man was handling. The wound is severe, but not serious. The accident occurred on one of the Ockl&waha steamers. Jacksonville Press : The Florida Baptist Convention met in Gainesville on Fri day, the 11th instant. Delegates were present f**om Middle and East Florida, and from Georgia. There were no repre sentatives from South or West Florida, which we very much regretted. The con vention, since tho war, has confined its at tention mainly to State evangelization and ministerial education. Both of these ob jects have been aided by the convention, and thongh the work done and amount con tributed are small, in comparison with what they formerly were, or with what they ought now to be, yet the day of small things should not be despised. The denomination should more generally, through its associations aud churches, co operate with the convention. A general and united effort on the part of the whole de nomination, would result in great good, not only to that particular persuasion, but to the whole State. For whoever builds a school house or a church, confers a benefit upon society and strengthens all that is good in the State. The suspension of the Florida Baptist, the organ of the denomina tion, was greatly regretted, and resolutions were passed and steps taken to resurrect it and place it on a permanent footing. This indeed evoked the greatest amount of enthusiasm of any measure coming before the convention. It was proposed to make a grand centennial effort in behalf of that paper, and secure in this centennial vear tico thousand subscribers thereto. _Rev. j. H. Tomkies, of Gainesville, was appointed to prepare and issue an address to the Bap tists of Florida in behalf of the paper, and to urge them to come up at once to its sup port. In obedience to the voice of the de nomination, as expressed through the con vention, the proprietors agreed to resume its publication as soon as a sufficient num ber Bhould respond to justify them in so doing. Report of the State Road Lease Bribery Investigation Committee. [Special Telegram to the Morning News.] Atlanta, February 22. IN THE SENATE. In the Senate, the following House bills passed with amendments : To encourage sheep growing and license the keeping of dogs. To regulate the leasing of penitentiary convicts. To prescribe the mode and terms of sale of the North and South Railroad. To pnnish criminal abortion and foeticide in this State. To encourage the propagation of fish. HOUSE BILLS PASSED. To amend an act for the relief of maimed and indigent soldiers. To repeal an act to amend the charter of the First Presbyterian Church of Augusta. To amend section 4560 of the Code, rela tive to vagrancy. To prescribe the manner of obtaining judgments on foreclosure of mortgages given to Building and Loan Associations. To appropriate money for the use of the Lunatic Asylum. To amend the law of limitation in this State. To provide for the dissolution and reor ganization of grand juries. To provide for the keeping of records of bonds in the State. To amend section 2527 of the Code as to the returns of administrators. To repeal an act regulating the costs in criminal cases in the justices’ courts of Sa vannah. To consolidate the road laws of Chatham county. To regulate the practice in certain chan cery cases. To abolish the City Court of Augusta. To amend the laws in reference to the public holidays. To make penal the harboring of peni tentiary or chain-gang escapes. To amend an act creating a State Board of Health. To define the duties and liabilities of the receivers of railroad companies. IN THE HOUSE. In tho House, Mr. Williams moved to re consider the indefinite postponement of the bill to allow Peterson Thweatt to sue tho State. Lost. The Senate resolution to authorize the Governor to make temporary loans was agreed to. SENATE BILLS PASSED. To amend an act to prescribe th9 mode of incorporating towns and viliages. To repeal so much of section 1272 of the Code as relates to the issuing of bonds for the public school fund. To amend the homestead laws of this State. To protect planters of oyster beds. To amend the law as to the summary es tablishment of lost papers. To amend sections 1955 and 1956 of the Code as to tho record of mortgages. To prohibit the driving of stock into this State from adjoining States in certain sea sons. To authorize Judges of the Superior Courts to appoint stenographers or report ers for their courts. To define for whom trust estates may be created. To prescribe the courts to which claims and illegalities from Ordinaries’ courts must be returned. To amend the sections of Code as to the regulations of the Deaf and Dumb Institute. To change the age of admission to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. To regulate the trial of cases in which the State is a party. To repeal an act reorganizing the Georgia State Lottery. To amend section 3961 of Irwin’s Code. To amend section 4166 of the Code as to sets-off in justices courts. . THE STATE BOAD LEASE. Mr. Walsh submitted the report of the committee to investigate tbe charges of bribery in connection with tho State Boad lease. It appeared that $21,000 was expend ed, mostly among newspapers and lawyers, for the purpose of having the lease confirm ed by the Legislature of 1872, but the com mittee could ascertain of no money paid to legislators to influence their votes. Noon Telegrams. THE SUEZ SHAKES. Debate on the Purchase in the British Parliament. Probable Complexion of the Frencli Chamber of Deputies. BUFFETS CABINET GONE TO PIECES. COLLAPSE OF THE CAKLIST CAUSE. S., v? fcr . “ la kis possession several tbe most U 7°-' ' Amon K them cheat ‘ eu pc*us—is a large, >i loi «cs ears Slm . nK one d *= en i,;t < knd A < r^P a V le of holding lockand"£e- --A“? 8 P rin S The hi. are both queer- •e ih^Bnlar ' »“? history of this relic is Sp '-f'-^srand SI tbe . «volntionary kad a „ -Ydrn tr ,, father of \Vm. Turner, The London Times has reprinted its annual summaries of news of the world for twenty-five years in a small volume, to which it appends a note saying that the volume, containing 598 pages, was put in type by four boys with two com posing machines in ten days, of eight hours each. This would make each boy s work amount to rather more than fifteen hundred ems an hour—which all printers will acknowledge would be fast work for the best compositors. The Argus says Brooklyn is not as wicked as New York, nor as wise as Bos- ton, nor as stupid as Philadelphia, but it gives its closet skeletons more .resh air than guy other city in the world* FRENCH POLITICS. Paris, February 22.—The Bien Public announces that Dufour will form anew min istry. Paris, February 22.—It is estimated that when all the elections are held, the Cham bers of Deputies will stand about as follows: Republicans280, Bonapartists 100, and the re mainder of various Monarchist and Con sti- tutionalist shades. It is not yet known to whom President MacMahon will eutrust the formation of a new Cabinet. The Bepublique Francaise, Gambetta’s orgaD, of to-day, says that the Buffet Cabinet will have to render an ac count to the country of its administration of public affairs, and declares that any revi sion of the constitution, except in a R epub- lican sense, is now impossible. The lie publi can papers comment upon the c&kn and tranquil manner in which the country has associated itself with Republican ideas.* THE SUEZ SHARES. London, February 22.—In the Suez de bate Lowe aud Gladstone pointed out the great risk England rau in abandoning her position as a champion of the interests of Europe to become the champion of her own selfish interests. Mr. ’Disraeli said he thought the discussion had shown unmistakably tba t if Mr. Gladstone had been in office the shs res would not have been purchased. He did not recommand the purchase as a financial in- vestmeut, Out as a political measure, calcu lated to strengthen the empire. The n ote was agreed to. THE CABLIBTS. Madrid, Fobruary 22.—Dispatches receiv ed yesterday announce that Don Carlo* w as iu the Baztan valley. General Martin ez Campos’s army is marching upon Hermr i. King Alfonso entered Tolosa yesterday afte r- noon. The royalists had previously c^rrie d all the heights neaxthe town. Paris, February^.—The Carlist G enerai Dorregaray has taken refuge on Frem :h soil. The Carlist cause is now considered here as hopelessly lost. A SMALL WAB. Indianola, Iowa, February 22—Return ing from church two families quarreled, and two brothers, their father, ana a friend were killed. The attacking party, number ing six, are in jaiL The fight wp,a the re sult of an old fend. REVENUE RAID. Nashville, Tenn., February 22.—The Deputy Collector, with fifteen soldiers, ar rived from a raid in Lawrence and Wayne counties with eight prisoners. They broke up six home stills with an aggregate total capacity of three barrels per day. TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Boston, February 22.—The two hundredth anniversary of the burning of Medfield by the Indians, under King Philip, was cele brated. The overturning of a wagon killed two persons. DISASTROUS FLOODS. London, February 22.—A Daily News special from Vienna announces the occur rence of disastrous floods in the provinces of upper Austria and Moravia. One hun dred and twenty houses have been des troyed. A NEW CABLE. Sydney, February 22.—The submarine ca ble between Sydney and New Zealand has been successfully laid and opened for traffic. FROM MADRID. Madrid, February 22.—The Senate passed a vote of thanks to the army. Estella is captured. EARTHQUAKE. Detroit, February 22.—There was an earthquake on Sunday. FROM ROME. Rome, February 22.—The Italian Minister at Vienna will be created Ambassador. Evening Telegrams. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY. St. Louis, June Twenty-Seventh, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Six. HEAVY FAILURES IN NEW YORK. Meeting of Mexican War Veterans. CAPITAL NEWS AND NOTES. Washington, February 22.—The commit tees did nothing to-day. Retrenchment reaches the Department of Pardon, and tlie clerks will be dispensed with. The marshalships of North Carolina and elsewhere, where the expenses have been enormous, will be consolidated. The National Democratic Committee were all present, Schell in the chair. The nomi nating National Convention meets on tho 27th of Juno. One speech was allowed by delegation from each city claiming the con vention. Charles D. Jacobs, Mayor of Louisville, read a paper drawn by the Ken tucky delegation in favor of holding tho convention in that city. St. Louis was finally selected as the place of meeting of the National Convention, beating Chicago two ^tes. WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET. Washington, February 22.—Probabilities: For the South Atlantic and Gulf States stationary aud rising barometer, cold northwest to northeast winds, and gener ally clear weather will prevail, succeeding occasional coast rains to-night, with con tinued northers. In the Southwest, Tennessee and Ohio valley rising and high barometer, winds veoriDg to cold northwest and north, and partly cloudy weather. For the Middle States rising aud high ba rometer, brisk west to north winds, consid erably colder and clear or partly cloudy weather. NEW YORK NOTES. New York, February 22.—Wm. A. Dorling, and Spencer N. Green, President and Secre tary of the Savings Bank, have been arrested for swearing to a false exhibit in 1871. Wellington, Kidder & Co., rectifiers and distillers, have failed. Their liabilities are $200,000. Frederick Schuchardt and Lawrence Wells, comprising the firm of Frederick Schuchardt & Sons, bankers, have failed. Their liabilities are $150,000. THE MEXICAN WAB VETERANS. Washington, February 22.—At the annual meeting of ihe National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War, General Den ver presided. General George E. Pugh, of Ohio, General Albert Pike, of Arkansas, and H. T. Lane, of Indiana, were selected as centennial ora tors. A committee was appointed to ar range for a centennial celebration. FROM LONDON. London, February 22.—In the House of Commons, the government stated that ne gotiations wore progressing with the South American States for extradition treaties; also that the government is not recognizing the exclusive right of France to fish at New foundland. OUR ATLANTA LETTER. Personal Legislative Items—Gen. Alex ander and Mr. Washbnrne— Bills from Coflee County—“Leverett, of Putnam”— Bills from Twenty-first District—Bills from Bulloch County—Bills from Twenty- eighth District — Bills from Baldwin County—Another Lot of Bills. [Special Correspondence of the Morning News ] inaugurated. Baltimore, February 22.—Prof. D. E. Gilman was inaugurated President of the Jno. Hopkins University to-day. Gov. John Leo Carroll was among those present. Also Prof. Gildersleeve of the University of Vir ginia. The University opens in October. national democratic committee. Washington, February 22.—The National Democratic Committee met to-day at half past twelve o’clock. There was a large at tendance of members aud a few proxies. Bnt little business was transacted up to one o’clock. FATAL AFFRAY. Chicaoo, February 22.—George Cameron shot Fred Sclioeder aud then himself. Both are dead. It occurred so quietly in a drink ing saloon that it is supposed the affair was prearranged. beecheb’s council. Brooklyn, February 22.—A committee of nine were appointed to draft a report of the council. It is understood that Plymouth’s positions are nearly all sustained. THE FRANCONIA. London, February 22.—The steamer Fran conia, detained for inquiry into the Strath Clyde disaster at Southampton, has arrived at Doran. Indianapolis, February 22.—Goodlove S. Orth was nominated for Governor by the Republican Convention. GREENBACK CONTENTION. New Haven, Conn., February 22.—About two hundred were present at the mass con vention of greenback men. A Terrible Isolation. Nearly opposite Ilockaway’s is Porter's Island, Lake Superior, (says Swineford in his history of the iron mines,) a bit of rock, upon which was built the “Gov ernment house,” the residence of that high and potent individual, the United States Agent, who reigned over the cop per land, countersigning permits and dis pensing favors of a consular nature to visitors to Copper Harbor. In the summer of 1846 we saw a half- breed woman who had been Crusoeing on the island; she and her husband had been placed on the island in charge of prop erty. Owing to the wreck of the brig Astor, in the fall of 1845, supplies failed to reach them. Long they waited for succor, but in vain. Winter came on, snow covered the ground, and ice gath ©red on the water. Then this lone pair were left to their fate on the savage, des olate island, “out of humanity’s reach.” The shrieking winds, as they swept through the fir trees, and the black billows of the stormy lake, spending their sullen fury upon the rocky coasts, were the only sounds that could greet the ear during the long, long dark winter of that high northern latitude. For companionship they must depend upon each other. But before the winter was half spent the husband sickened and died, and the poor woman was absolutely alone. Wrapping the remains of her dead husband in a blanket, she removed them from the hut and deposited them in the snow, where, frozen and like a pillar of ice, they were preserved until the return of spring permitted of other burial. The widow passed the long win ter as best she could, subsisting upon the flesh of rabbits which she managed to snare. Her bereavement, hardships and the terrors of isolation, wonderful as it may seem, did not affect her health of mind. She was taken off from the island in the spring, and was happy enough when she reached the main land. Atlanta, February 21, 187C. Senator Gilmore, of Sanders ville, has just concluded a forcible and elo quent speech in favor of the bill to re organize the University of Georgia- Col. G. is a ready and concise debater, and occupies a prominent position in tha Senate. Senator Perry is hard at work prepar ing amendments to the Board of Health bill as it came from the House. What these amendments are I am not advised, but they will doubtless fail, or result in killing the bill, whicl^ the House Pea- greens are trying to do in the Senate by lobby efforts. GEN. ALEXANDER AND MR. WASHBURNE. In Minister Washburne’s letter, which the Southern press has recently publish ed, he speaks of “General Alexander, a young graduate of West Point, from Georgia,” who was one of the party that accompanied him from Appomattox to Petersburg just after the surrender. The officer referred to was General E. P. Alex ander, brother of Mrs. General Lawton, of your city, and now General Manager of the Western Railroad of Alabama. Wken the war clouds first appeared Alex ander, who was then an engineer of remarkable ability, was serving under the lamented McPherson in the engineer corps of sappers and miners on the Pacific coast. Strong inducements were held out to him to re main in that State as a non-combatant, but when Georgia seceded he followed the patriotic impulses of his noble heart and came home and cast his lot with his own people. Meeting the General Ifere the other day, I took occasion to refer to Mr. Washburne’s letter, and it resulted in a most interesting narrative of the journey while they rode together from Appomattox to Petersburg. According to General Alexander’s statements Mr. Washburne created a very favorable im pression in the minds of the Southern officers with whom he came in contact at that time. General Lee had but a few days before surrendered to General Grant, and the conversation naturally turned in the direction of President Lincoln. “I am not at liberty,” said Mr. W., “fo tell you what President Lincoln’s policy toward the South will be. yet I can assure you that his liberality and magna nimity will astonish you.” It became evident from his statements that the President was preparing to win back to a full and cheerful allegiance to the Fed eral Government the Southern States, and to do this in a spirit of justice, hu manity and forbearance. This is in ac cordance with my own knowledge of Mr. Lincoln’s intentions at that time, and adds confirmation to the generally ac cepted belief that had his life been spared, President Lincoln would have be come a blessing, as some think he had been a curse, to the people of the South. Gen. Alexander has no doubt of the sincerity*of Mr. Washburne’s state ments on the subject, and is himself con fident that the sudden aud tragic death of Mr. L. was a most unfortunate event for the South. It is also evident from the recollections which Gen. Alexander and Gen. Gordon have of that period, as set forth by them, that there would have been no trouble on the part of the officers and soldiers of the two armies in making a full and final settlement of the differ ences which had made them enemies in war, and which, settled, cou d not have prevented them from being the very best of friends in peace. BILLS FROM COFFEE COUNTY. The Hon. T. M. Wilcox, of Douglass, represents Coffee county in the House, and is a member of the Committee on Education, and on Deaf and Dumb Asy lum. He has introduced the following the Code of Georgia of 1873. Still pending. A Bill to amend an Act prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors m the county of Putnam outside of the town of Eatonton, by requiring the consent of the owners of the five freeholds of the value of $500 each nearest of the place where the said liquor is proposed to be sold, whether the owner of said freehold resides therein or not. Passed. A Bill to pnnish any person who shall sell, give, lend or furnish any minor with a pistol, dirk, bowie knife or sword cane. Passed. A Bill to be entitled “An Act to abolish the County Court of Putnam county.” Still pending. A Bill to confine criminal jurisdiction on the Justices’ Courts of Putnam county to try misdemeanors where the accused waive indictment by grand jury. Bill withdrawn. A Bill to provide a Board of Commission ers of roads, revenues and public property for Putnam county, to prescribe their duties and compensation, and for other purposes. Still pending. A Bill tojbe entitled “An Act to repeal sec tion 11 of the charter of Madison.” Still pending. A Bill to regulate the admission of pa tients into the State Lunatic Asylum, by order of the Joint Committee on the State Lunatic Asylum. Lost. A Bill to regulate the settlement of guar dians with female wards who have married or may marry men of full age, and to pro vide for the protection and investment of the estates of such female wards under the direction of the chancellor. Withdrawn. I should say, just here, as applicable to this report, and some which have pre ceded it, that many of the bills reported by me from the calenders of the Senate and House have since been passed or oth erwise disposed of, as reported by daily telegrams. BILLS FROM BALDWIN COUNTY. Baldwin county has a most conscien tious and painstaking Representative in the House in the person of Colonel Wm. McKinley, of Milledgeville, who is re markable for his dignified and courteous bearing towards his associates. He is Chairman of the Committee on Immigra tion, a member of the Judiciary Commit tee and on Penitentiary. The following are tbe titles of his bills : A Bill to fix and reduce jury fees in Bald win county to same rates as witness fees. Passed. A Bill to amend charter of Milledgeville so as to forbid sale of city common, except for actual building purposes, and to relieve city from liabilities except as to streets pro claimed as “public” streets. Passed. A Bill to further amend the charter of the city of Milledgeville as to the election of City Marshal, and to work a chain gang, Passed. A Bill to extend the provisions of the Act of August, 1872, which applies to Clayton county, to Baldwin county, to prevent and punish fraudulent trade at night in field crops. Passed. A Bill to enable tbe Supreme Court, at discretion, to buy for the State Library “The Annals of Georgia,” for fifty years, in fifty bound volumes of the files of tbe now extinct Southern Recorder, of Milledgeville, dating from 1820 to 1870. Passed. A Bill to prescribe an oath for speoial bai liffs ; and another, to amend section 4560 of tho Code so as to compel constables to ar rest vagrants as an official duty. Both passod. A Bill to revive for McIntosh county, and amend for said county, and specially for Sa- pelio Island, the Game Act of Liberty and McIntosh. Passed. A Bill to enable tho Ordinaries to es tablish market overt. Substituted in Agri cultural Committee by Senate bill to pre vent and punish secret illicit traffic in cotton and corn. A Bill to be entitled “An Act to revive for the year 1876 the merchant’s lien law.” This bill was disapproved of by tbe Judiciary Committee, and lost in the House. bills : A Bill to change the line between the counties of Coffee and Ware. Read Feb ruary 12th, aud referred to Committee on County Lines February 15th. A Bill to authorize Henry C. Moon, of Glasscock, to peddle without license. Re ferred to Finance Committee, but with drawn February 15th. A Bill to supplement general school fund as far as relates to certain counties named. Read January 21st, and referred to Judi ciary Committee February 4th. A Bill to change line between the counties of Clinoh and Coffee. Read January 17th, referred to Committee on New Counties and County Lines, and passed as amended, Janu ary 25th. THE PROHIBITIONISTS. Pb^^dence, February 22.—'Xhe P^ohi- l a full State, t No rhyme can be found to jingle with his surname, but this for his Christian name, is offered in lieu: “As badly fooled will that party be that stakes its all on lioscoe, as the Emperor Nap. who would set off on that summer excursion to Mos cow.” A rich gold lead, thought to be the richest ever struck in Southern Oregon, has been discovered in Rogue river, in Josephine county, about fifty miles be low Jacksonville, and assays about $500 to $1,100] •LEVEBETT, of PUTNAM. Putnam county is represented in the House by the Hon. Frank Leverett, of Eatonton, one of the most popular and genial of the young members. He serves on three important committees, Banks, Finance and Lunatic Asylum. He has in troduced but one bill : A Bill to amend the County Court Act so far as it relates to the county of Futnam, and increase the civil jurisdiction thereof. Engrossed and still pending, BILLS FBOM THE TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. Dr. Wm. O’Daniel, of Bullard’s Station, Macon and Brunswick Railroad, who rep resents the Twenty-first District, com posed of Jones, Twiggs and Wilkinson counties, is one of the most popular and substantial members of the Senate. He is Chairman of the Committee on State Library, and a member of the Committee on the Institution for the Blind, on Agri culture, on the Lunatic Asylum, and on Banks. The following are the titles of the bills introduced by Senator O’Daniel A Bill to transfer the couniy of Twiggs from the Macon Circuit to the Oconeo Cir cuit, aud to fix the time of holding tbe Su perior Courts of the Oconee Circuit, etc. Passed as amended. A Bill to be entitled “An Act to amend an act to organize a Board of Commissioners for the county of Twiggs.” Passed. A Bill to prescribe the fees of the County Treasurer of tbe county of Twiggs, to fix tbe time when this act shall go into effect, etc. Passed. A Bill to amend an Act to prescribe the mode of granting license to sell intoxicating liquors in tbe.counties of Jefferson, Burke and Washington, approved February 20, 1873. Passed. A Bill to fix the fees of the jailor of Twicgs county for dieting prisoners con fined in Twiggs county jail. Passed. A Bill to consolidate the offices of tax re ceiver and collector in the county of Twiggs, and to prescribe his duties as tax receiver aud collector, etc. Passed. A Bill to be entitled “An Act for the relief of the securities of Thomas E. McRea.” Passed. A Bill to change the line between the counties of Twiggs and Bibb. Passed. A Bill to amend an Act to create a county court in each county of Georgia, except cer tain counties, so far as regards the county of Twiggs. Passed. BILLS FBOM BULLOCH COUNTY. Bulloch county is represented in the House by Hon. D. L. Kennedy, of Statesboro, who is a member of the Com mittee on Manufactures and on Public Printing. He has introduced only two bills, the titles of which are: A Bill to declare the true intent and meaning of section 926 of the Code. Read January 15th, and referred to the Judiciary Committee January 18th. A Bill to be entitled „An Act to amend section 279 of the Code.” Read January 15th, referred to the Judiciary Committee, aud passed January 21st. BILLS FBOM TWENTY- EIGHTH DISTRICT. This district, which embraces the coun ties of Jasper, Morgan and Putnam, is ably and faithfully represented by the Hon. J. W. Hudson, of Eatonton, who is Chairman of the Committee on Lnnatic Asylum and a member of the Judiciary Committee, and of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and on State Library. The following are the titles of the bills introduced by Senator Hudson, who speaks frequently and with consid erable ability and earnestness: A Bill to amend tbe Act to pnnish and cruelty to animals, by ANOTHER LOT OF BILLS. I had hoped to give you a formal re port of bills from your section in this letter, bnt have failed, owing to the rush of business at the clerks desks of the House and Senate, to get the necessary data. I shall close out these reports, however, in my next, including therein the titles of the bills introduced by Sena tor Perry and Representative McGill. Chatham. LETTER FROM JACKSONVILLE. I.a Toar de Nesle—Infernal Spontaneity— Buoyant an n.Stone—Let .lie but Mantle Thee—Unbeantiful Aspect of a Prosper ous Neck-breakln*—Prince of Bills—A Silver Wedding—Worms and Creeping Thinrs—Accidental Shooting—Delegates from the Styx—A Sensible Movement — Reform—Marine. [Special Correspondence of the Morning News.] Jacksonville, February 21. ANTIQUATED BUT VIGOBOUS. Hamlet was not the first or last malcon tent who grumbled at destiny for design ing him to set things right. It may be broadly asserted without exaggeration that there exists even in this progressive day a number of individuals who are similarly afflicted. But the philanthropic patriot in essaying to right all the wrong in the world oftentimes only succeeds in contributing his mite towards making all the right wrong. For instance, the epi grammatic axiom, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” must be accepted with considerable limita tions and restrictions. It is glittering and deceptive sentence, and, if strictly observed, might not im possibly or improbably lead its victim to an infamous end. On one side it exalts to glory, on the other side its termination is the penitentiary. It is a curious con germs of antithetical properties—bur glarious, benevolent, felonious, innocent, murderous and brave at one and the same time. This apparently harmless apothegm is responsible for some of the virtues of mankind, but also for one-half of the deeds of darkness that tarnish history’s page. It is also guilty of the chronic, candidate, the gravest nuisance of the political arena. The chronic candidate is not in digenous to any particular locality; he is cosmopolitan in character and instincts. He is invariably an aspirant for official honors, not because he desires office, but because the people, recognizing his trans cendent abilities, are anxious to have him run. If there is no prospect of luxuriating in the Gubernatorial chair, he is perfectly willing to promenade as a tax assessor or unsalaried alderman. If he cannot be appointed chief justice, he is ready to serve his country as a trial justice. The chronic candidate implacable foe to conventionality, and as he imagines that the universe is leagued against him, if he fails to secure a nom ination, he always announces himself as an independent schedule and votes for himself. The chronic candidate is an indubitable pest, an insinuating disor- ganizer and a public scourge, and this unhappy State is, perhaps, cursed with a greater number of these chaotic spirits than any other portion of the globe. They are beginning even this early in the day to obtrude themselves before the people, and should be abruptly consigned to a deserved oblivion without ceremony. THE LAW OF COMPENSATION. He had suoh a severe and terrible cold in the head that it deprived him entirely of the faculty of smelling, but he enjoyo! it, as we snail see. He noticed that all pedestrians whose business or pleasure carried them to the site of the old market upon nearing the spot would dart across the street with lightning celerity, and their handkerchiefs in close proximity to their probosces. He gazed earn estly upon the nauseous pile of decaying oyster shells that had been dumped there to rot, and he smiled audibly as he divined the rea son why everybody avoided that side of the street. Then he procured a candle box, seated himself in the midst of the stench, and blew and blew and grinned the wayfarers upon approaching the spot received a knock-down admonition and went at a brisk trot away. Occasionally he would stand up, dig his hands into his sides, and laugh until the briny globules coursed down his cheeks, and his convulsions of laughter could be heard for blocks. He evidently relished the disoomfiture of all acal smiling was destined to terminate sadly. Unconsciously his cold was ameliorated slowly but surely, the effluvia from the bivalvular remains penetrated his olfactory nerves and undermined his constitution, and he is now suffering from a surfeit of odor. Those whom his sar donic grinning incensed may revenge themselves by writing or reading Iris obituary, if they will wait a few days. THE CRY IS STILL FOB BLOOD. The negro Albert Barton who swindled the Radical party out of two voters, in cluding himself, by murdering Charles Bush on the night of the 17th inst., was granted a preliminary examination on Saturday and remanded to jail without bail to await the action of the Circuit Court. The testimony of several negro witnesses went to show premeditation on the part of Barton to kill Bush. It appears that he had a heavy bludgeon made to fit his hand, and it is supposed that he beat the life out of the dead negro with this in strument. Neither of the parties have any family, and but little if any prop erty. The evidence elicited at the pre liminary trial was very emphatic in its character and leaves no doubt of the pre conceived intention to murder the de ceased, in Barton’s mind. Barton was taken completely by surprise at his in carceration,bu£ this is clearly attributable to his Radical education. He will have still greater cause for astonishment by the time the noose is adjusted about his neck. Some things are so inimitably funny. a distinguished guest. The possibility of entertaining angels unawares holds good in its application to the entertainment of people not quite so respectable. A noted thief has been so journing in our very midst for a month or two, and departed last week for other scenes. He was concerned in the de struction of the Martha Washington, on the Ohio river, some years ago, and is a fugitive from justice, it is thought, for trying to defraud the insurance companies. He was also implicated in a $10,000 robbery in Rio Janeiro, and has been the leader of a number of the most daring burglaries ever known m this country. He is a plausible, sanctimonious fellow, about six feet in stature, with an iron grey beard, and is aged probably fifty-five years. His present cognomen is, I think, A. D. Bin- ley, and it is surmised that he is now in Savannah, or thereabouts. A SILVER WEDDING. We who have not yet graduated from our tin weddings (and in all likelihood never will, unless we accumulate tin more rapidly in the future than we have in the past), can scarcely be expected to appreciate the emotions that are inspired by a silver wedding. A very pleasant reunion took place at Metropolitan Hall on Friday evening, the occasion being the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. E. Robinson. Congratu latory telegrams were received from New York, Savannah and Americus. An ad dress was delivered by one of their sons. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were made the recipients of a solid silver tea service, the donation of their children, and various other chaste presents from friends, and the celebration was rounded off by a merry dance. SNEAKING OUT. There are several things that are more enlivening than a murder or a funeral, and among them may be classed the Du val County School Board. At the time appointed for the investigation last week, Bentley was Pn hand promptly, with a boat-load of documents exculpatory of his action and inculpatory of that of the board. Two or three of the members of the State Board put in an appearance, but not one representative of the local body disclosed his diminished head. The proceedings were indefinitely post poned. We are not the eulogists of Bentley, and in a controversy between a Radical and a Republican where the rights of the public are not affected must needs be indifferent spectators. If peo ple will be patient until,at the forthcom ing electioD, we hurl these Radical don keys and miscreants from power* investi gations and indictments will be the order of the day, and it will be amusing to transport the Duval county school tacti cians to the penitentiary. A SAD ACCIDENT. As the steamer Tuskawilla was journey ing down the river on Saturday, a lady passenger, the wife of Mr. John li. Wright, of Cincinnati, Ohio, received the contents of a gun which was accidentally discharged in the hands of a gentleman. The lady, with her husband, reached the city yesterday, and the wound in the back of her neck, although painful, is not serious. SNEAK THIEVES. Sneak pirates are again on the ram page, and carrying their depredations to an appalling extent. As soon as two or three of these plagues shall have been accelerated in their progress towards Hades by a load cf hot lead, this petty system of marauding will undergo a per ceptible diminution. BACK TO FORMER PRICES. ent condition of the Sonthem K surance Company, Iiromise(J v0 ,f£ brief card, is given below. It was de- ayed by the absence of General Gordon in Memphis, and the necessity cf obtain ing from him all the facts in iefereWto the company's affairs. 6006 ‘° it is not necessary, hope, to sav much of either the general conduct or condition of this department. It is al ready known toyou that whatever troubles environ it, result from complications at the home office in Memphis. These com plications are explained below, and vou will perceive, do not reflect even upon the management of that department on t to Fuml '' amI g" lher " ° r,lIorH contrary, the Directorsat Memphian ESTABLISHED 1850. FRAUDS IN THE POST OFFICE DE PARTMENT. Furnished During the Connecticut Cnni< paign. A ratber entertaining story was told the Committee on Post Office Expendi tures on Thursday last by George W. Me Lane, who belongs in Arkansas, and who testified that a month or so before the election in Connecticut last spring he was appointed a clerk of the Post Office De partment and sent into Connecticut, where he made stump speeches as t Southern Republican and worked dili gently for the State ticket during the rest of the campaign. Notwithstanding that he had ignored all post office business he was paid his salary' in full and was remu nerated well for all hotel, traveling and like expenses incurred during the can vass. The matter came to light as follows: Mr. Stone, of Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, in examining the vouchers for amounts paid to special agents for 1875, which are now in the hands of the committee, had his atten tion directed to one rendered by George W. McLane for hotel bills and railroad fare in the month of March, 1875, which was peculiar from the fact that it con tained no amount as compensation for services. Upon inquiry it was found that this man appeared upon the rolls of the Post Office Department as a first class clerk and was paid $129 67 for services from March 1 to April 8, 1875. McLane was summoned to appear before the committee and testified that he never did a day’s work in the department in consideration for the salary paid him, but that he went to Connecticut to take part in the campaign with the full knowl edge of Governor Jewell; that being from Arkansas and sound on the Southern question, he had, with Mr. Burroughs, of Michigan, a member of the Forty- third Congress, been to New Hampshire to counteract, if possible, the effect of the speeches of Gordon and Lamar, and was to do the same service in Connecti cut. On his return a voucher for his hotel bills and railroad fares in Connec ticut, and being out about $25 by James Tyner, Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral, was allowed by Postmaster General Jewell himself and the amount—$82— paid him. McLane testified further that he did no service for the Governor for the money paid him ($21,) but make Republican speeches in Connecticut. He admitted that he called upon W. D. Kittle, a mail contractor, and told him that he would make capital with the Post Office De partment by “ putting up” for the Con necticut campaign; that Kittle agreed to do this and was drawn upon for $200, which he paid, aud the money went into the campaign fund. The contract frauds, partly developed before Jewell went home to Connecticut to vote, showed that Kettle was in them to such an extent that when the fact came to Governor Jewell’s attention that McLane had drawn upon Kettle and he claimed compensation on account of paying the draft, Jewell and McLane had high words, and McLane was paid off. The principal facts in McLane’s state ment were sustained by J. A. P. Burn side, superintendent and disbursing clerk for the Post Office Department. The river steamers to-day discard the ill-advised reduction in the rates of pas sage and return to living figures. The price of tickets to Palatka—two dollars is not exorbitant or oppressive, but, on the contrary, the adoption of lower terms by owners of floating property is almost tantamount to running on a consumption of their own steam. THE REFORM CLUBS. The three Reform Clubs of this city met in joint assembly Thursday evening, and perfected arrangements for an ex haustive canvas of the different wards in view of the approaching municipal elect ion. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Arrival during the week ending this day—Schooner Alice Bell, Boston. De partures—Schooners Lucy May Hamil ton, Bermuda ; Harry C. Shepherd, Phil adelphia; Rosa Eppinger, Kate Foster, New York; William Conners, Boston; and sloop Washington, Charleston, S. C. Adbianus. “Seeing the Elephant.”—This pro verbial phrase was illustrated in a new mode recently in Paris. The manager of a theatre having a piece in rehearsal in which an elephant appeared among the characters, applied to a dealer in wild beasts for the “star” performer. He was offered an elephant in fee simple for $1,200; but preferred to pay eight dol lars per day for the use of the animal. The piece ran four hundred nights; the manager paid $3,200, and the owner holds the elephant still, ready for salt or a new engagement. There are many persons who, by paying rent and interest, and a premium for credit, pay more for the use of the elephant than his just price. The Owner of tlie “Little Hatchet.” [From the Ironton (Missouri) Register.] Almost everybody knows our oldest in habitant, ‘‘Old Uncle Isaac,” but how old he is nobody knows. Wo called upon him the other day, and are now willing to swear on our faith in his word that two hundred years of “sarvin’ de Lo’d” will not more than fill the bill. Of course. Uncle Isaac is pious; all darkies who live to the age of a hundred and fifty are pious. One of the first things which enlisted our attention after entering Isaacs house was a small hatchet, hung above the ample fireplace on two or three rusty nails ; and it, of course, became the subject of inquiry. We were astounded at learning that it was the identical hatchet with which the mischievous little George Washington had hacked the favorite cherry tree in his “uncle’s” gar den. We endeavored to make Isaac understand that the garden was not the uncle’s but the father’s. Isa&c’s memory was good, and our history at fault. He knew, because he was “thar.” He had gone “wid Mas’ Jawge for to see his un cle, and his uncle took him into the gar den and showed him de cherry tree, and tole him dat was de fust cherry tree that ever eome over to dis country, and dat in about so many years de tree would b’ar fruit, and dat he would send Mas’ Jawge some, sho.” “Mas’ Jawge was a mighty indepen- den’ little cuss, and says to me, arter his uncle had gwine in de house, says he, ‘Ike’—for I was a youngster den—‘Ike, I isn’t gwine to wait on uncle for dem cher ries; Ise gwine to cut dat tree right down, and will take it ’longhome wid us.’ Says I, ‘don’t you do it, honey; for if you does your uncle he’ll skin you ’live!’ ‘Jist as soon be skinned as not,’ *says Mas’ Jawge, ‘I’s gwine to hab dat ’ar tree.’ So he goes on and gits dat ’ar same identical tool, an’ purty soon he was whackin’ away at dat tree. And I don’t think de child had chopped more’n seve ral licks before de ole gentleman, dat’s his uncle, he comes a slippin’ out’n de gooseberry bushes wid a wattle, and de way he flaxed dat chile was a absolom sin. De chile flung dat same little hatchet at his poor uncle, and jist more’n got out’n dat garding; and when I cotched up wid him, he was a-swarin’ like a mate on a steamboat. “Now, sar, dat’s de true story, sar. Dess little one-hoss school books, dey don’t know nuffin’ ’bout it. W’y, bless your soul, honey, I went home wid him, Mas’ Jawge, and I staid right wid him, and I followed him to Braddock’s ’feat, and I got lost dar, and I kep’ a-comin’ out West, cordin’ to de device of Mr. Hoss Greeley dat killed Mr. Burr, and I was ’mong de Injuns for ’bout seventy- five year, ’fore dis country was settled by de fust white woman.” We had given Uncle Isaac a “snort” when we went in, and we gave him an other and came away. He is booked for the Centennial. A Card from Generals Gordon and Colqnitt. To the Policy-Holders Atlanta Dmarrt- ™nt.Southern Life InmtraneTcZ. in reference to Hie pres- . assuming the living business of the w Carolina Life,” acted under the guidance * of insurance experts as to the financial advantage of the transaction, and under the advice of the ablest attorneys as to its legal security. The facts, with reference to that trans action, are these: The Southern Life did not purchase the “Caiolina Life,” nor assume one dollar of its past losses or debts. Nor did the “Carolina” go out of existence. The Southern Life agreed by its contract, with the advice of attorneys, simply to take the policies then living of the “Carolina,” receive the premiums, and issue its own policies, upon the “Carolina's” turning over to the South ern, assets to make these policies secure. This contract was drawn by able lawyers and was intended to protect the South ern from all liabilities for any previous debts or losses incurred by the Carolina. If, therefore, the Directors at Memphis erred iu making this coutract, which has brought the trouble upon the company, it was an error which would have been made under such circumstances and with such advice, by any body of intelligent business men. The step, which lov proves so disastrous, was taken for the purpose of increasing the business of the company without a relative increase of expenses. It is as unjust, therefore, to censure the Memphis Directory as it would be to condemn the di rectors of a railroad, who, under the wisest counsels, and in order to benefit those interested, should agree to take the business of another company, Attorney General Fierrepont seems to be as unfortunate in his written and ver bal explanations of his extraordinary let ter to the District Attorneys in regard to the acceptance of small rascals as State’s evidence against bigger ones, as the letter itself was imprudent and ill-advised. Mr. Pierrepont may as well quietly accept the situation, and arrange with G. Washing ton Childs, A. M., for one of the latter’s little mortuary gems.—N. Y. Sun. A little school girl asked her teacher what was meant by “Mrs. Grundy.” The teacher replied that it meant “the world.” Some days afterward the teacher asked the geography class to which this little bud of promise” belonged, “What is a zone ?” After some hesitation, this little girl brightened up, and replied: “I know; it’s a belt around Mrs. Grundy’s waist.” Another mammoth cave has been dis covered near Columbia, Kentucky, which rivals in awful grandeur the original Mammoth. In it were found three human skeletons of extraordinary proportions. The cave has plenty of galleries, and many varieties of stalactites and staJug- mites. The French government will not per mit the exhibition in its department of the Centennial of any object relative to The Pope’s Jeweler in Luck. Anne Brewster tells a queer story about a jeweler’s luck at lottery gambling in Rome. The lottery is the great passion in Italy, but especially in Rome. Every body buys a lottery ticketthe servants and tradespeople are never without one. It is useless to prove to them that they lose more than they win, or to tell them Jhat the government makes over seventy- five millions of francs out of this foolish gambling. Lately the Pope’s jeweler, Bellezza, came into the shop and told his head clerk that he had had a curious dream the night be fore. He had seen the Pope. The Holy Father asked him about his business. The man told him how badly his affairs were going, and that he had no new or ders. “Well, ‘well,” replied His Holi ness, “I am going to give you one. You will make me four jewels like this, twelve of that style, and thirty of the other.” The clerk begged his master to play these numbers at the lottery, but Bellezza shrugged his shoulders and refused. But the clerk was determined to play them for his master, and he bought three numbers, paying three lire for them. The numbers were 4, 12, 30, the ones mentioned in the dream. To these the clerk added 58, which is the number that stands for the Pope in the book of chances among the ninety numbers. For the Romans have a lottery book in which is set down everything that can be dream ed about, or that can happen; also, every relationship in life, and all officials, etc., to each of which a number is applied. The lottery office closed, and in the after noon the weekly drawing took place. Then Bellezza learned that he was the happy winner of the 200,000 franc prize ! The clerk played one franc and won the 200,000 franc prize! When the govern ment tax was deducted, Bellezza was the owner of 176,000 francs, about $39,000. which afterwards proved disastrous. In the light of present facts, the Memphis Directory made a mistake, but with the lights before them at the time, and by the judgment of the ablest counsel they could command, they acted, we think, as other business men would have acted. Your sense of justice will induce you to admit that these gentlemen could not have an ticipated liability from the Carolina’s under a contract thus drawn. After this contract was signed, the creditors of the Carolina brought suit, and proceeded by bill to enjoin the Southern against the use of assets, and thereby occasioned this great disaster, although these erditors never held the policies of the Southern, nor paid to it any premiums. The directors at Memphis, seeing the serious complications thus brought upon the “Southern,” and iu order to save the assets from utter sacrifice, filed their own petition in bankruptcy, and have checked further proceedings until some pro gramme can be agreed upon. Every ef fort is being made to rescue the company from these complications. If this could be done, your policy would be secure. If not, and the assets are forced to sale in the financial distress of the country, we need not t.ell you that the sacrifice will be very great. We have felt that it was due the direc tory at Memphis to say this much. Of course, this department, which is but a branch office, is involved with the com pany. Had it been possible, under the char ter, to separate from the company, this department would not have suffered from these complications; and we believe that the facts herewith submitted will abun dantly vindicate the care and economy with whiph the department has been managed, and demonstrate the great suc cess claimed for it. At the time this un expected calamity overtook us we were receiving premiums from 480 policyhold ers in Georgia. There are insured in the entire com pany in both departments, including all the States from Maryland to Texas, about 4,000 lives. We have paid at this office to the widows and orphans of the deceased policy holders in this department, about $500,000, and have returned to our pat rons more than $200,000 in dividends. We may be “permitted to refer with pardonable pride to the economy and care in the management of this depart ment; and we submit with confidence the following facts, to your candid judgment and to your sense of justice. We believe it is notorious among insurance agents, that the commissions “paid to this com pany’s agents are very low, if not lower than those paid by any company doing business in the South. Our agents have been offered repeatedly much higher com missions by Northern companies—in some instances almost double. Iu this connection, let us make known to you that the undersigned were not paid salaries, high or low, as some design ing persons would induce you to believe. We were paid commissions only, upon the business brought to the company, and those commissions paid to us were less by 50 per cent, than many Northern com panies pay their agents. Out of these commissions, less we say than were paid others, we employed our agents. We make no apologies for thus making known to you the particulars of our personal relations to the company, because we recognize your right to be informed upon all matters touching our management. Some of you inquire whether the money paid by you to the company cannot be returned. If the company had no entan glements, it would still be impossible to do that. The company has carried the risk upon your lives since the dates of your policies. It is not correct, there fore, to say that you have lost the money paid in. Your life has been insured, and the premiums are paid mainly to cover hazard. You will perceive, therefore, that it would be almost as reasonable to ask the Fire Insurance Company to return your premiums because, at the end ot the year, you find that your house has not burned. While you have not died, many others have, and these death losses wero paid from the aggregated premiums re ceived. In some cases *lie amounts paid on death claims have far exceeded the amounts received in premiums; as for instance, from the county of Troup, we have received in cash for premiums about seventeen thousand (17,000) dollars, and we Lave returned to that county, in pay ment of death claims, twenty-one thou sand (21,000; dollars. While of course these instances are not common, the} will show you how impossible it is for company to pay all death claims and £e return tfle money received in premium for this very pu.poce. No compaay i the world could comply with such a re- quest. You may be assured that we shall leave nothing undone which we can do to re lieve you from the effects of this disaster, which was as startling to us as it was to you, and far more calamitous. If tho company can be rescued, the relief will be complete—sufficient to protect your policy, or to re-insure you, or pay a sur render value. Of the success, however, of efforts to save the company, we are unable to give you any positive assurance. Of course, in tne present status of af fairs the company can receive no pre miums. A complete record, however, is kept of all policies, and you will bo promptly notified of any change in the present situation. ... In conclusion, we will say that, wun this statement, and with a codscious dis charge of duty, we confidently repose on the fair and intelligent judgment of men everywhere. John B. G°hd<> » A. H. Colquitt. Atlanta, Ga., February 18, 1876. A fresh story about Robert Houdjn.the sleight of band performer, is told m a new London book. He once ® t « r a n8c with bis tricks a company of Arabs u Algeria. After a feat with a gun, an old Arab asked tbe privilege of a shot with his own pistol. Houdin consented, but deferred the trial until the next day. In the interim he made two balls of *'ax and lampblack. One of these be made hol low and filled it with blood. At the per formance he allowed the Arab to cnoose a lead buUet from a saucer, but m load ing tbe pistol contrived to nae the sohd wax counterfeit. Of course, the tnek- ster was not injured by tbe firing. • he said “you have been unable to draw blood fro n/me with a bullet, but Iw>U draw blood from yonder wall. He loaded the pistol again uaing the other prepared ' - and the stain of blood tfiat waa left